Patron saints of places
A list of patron saints of places by nation, region and town/city:
National
- Adalbert of Magdeburg - Czech Republic
- Adalbert of Prague - Bohemia; Poland; Prussia
- Agatha - Malta
- Alban - Great Britain
- Andrew the Apostle - Achaia; Greece; Romania; Russia; Scotland
- Ansgar (or Anskar) - Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Germany
- Astricus - Hungary
- Josephine Bakhita - Sudan
- Peter Baptist - Japan
- Barbara - Syria
- Barnabas - Cyprus
- Bartholomew the Apostle - Armenia
- Basil the Great - Russia
- Bernard of Clairvaux - Gibraltar
- Bernardino of Siena - Italy
- Louis Bertrand - Colombia
- Boniface - Germany
- Francis Borgia - Portugal
- Brigid of Ireland - Ireland
- Brigit of Sweden - Sweden
- Bruno - Ruthenia
- Bruno of Querfurt - Prussia
- Canadian Martyrs - Canada
- Peter Canisius - Germany
- Canute - Denmark
- Casimir of Poland - Lithuania; Poland
- Catherine of Siena - Italy
- Peter Claver - Colombia
- Clement of Ohrid - Bulgaria; Republic of Macedonia
- Colman of Stockerau - Austria
- Columba - Ireland; Scotland
- Cunegundes - Lithuania; Luxembourg;Poland
- Cyprian of Carthage - Algeria, North Africa
- Cyril - Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Yugoslavia; Slovakia
- David of Wales - Wales
- Denis - France
- Devota - Monaco
- Dominic - Dominican Republic
- Edmund the Martyr - England
- Edward the Confessor - England
- Frumentius - Ethiopia
- Gabriel the Archangel - Portugal
- Gall - Sweden; Switzerland
- George - Canada; England; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Lithuania; Malta; Moldova; Portugal; Russia
- Gregory the Illuminator - Armenia
- Henry of Uppsala - Finland
- Hyacinth - Poland
- James the Greater - Chile; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Portugal; Spain
- James the Lesser - Uruguay
- Jean de Brébeuf - Canada
- Joan of Arc - France
- John de Brito - Portugal
- John of Dukla - Lithuania
- John of Kanty - Lithuania, Poland
- John of Nepomuk - Czech Republic
- John of Suceava - Moldova, Romania
- Josaphat - Ukraine
- Joseph the Betrothed - Austria; Belgium; Canada; China; Croatia; Korea; Mexico; Peru;Vietnam
- Kevin - Ireland
- Knud - Denmark
- Koloman - Austria
- Lawrence - Sri Lanka
- Leopold the Good - Austria
- Louis - France
- Ludmila - Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Margaret - Scotland
- Marinus - San Marino
- Martin de Porras - Peru
- Martin of Tours - France
- Maruthas - Iran; Persia
- Maughold - Isle of Man
- Maurice - Austria
- Meritxell - Andorra
- Methodius - Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Yugoslavia; Slovakia
- Michael - France; Germany
- Michael (archangel) - Papua New Guinea
- Nicetas - Romania
- Nicholas of Flue - Switzerland
- Nicholas of Myra - Greece; Russia
- Elias Nieves - Mexico
- Nino - Georgia
- Olaf II - Norway, Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae
- Palladius - Scotland
- Patrick - Ireland; Nigeria
- Paul the Apostle - Malta
- Peter of Alcantara - Brazil
- Philip of Jesus - Mexico
- Pius V - Malta
- Plechelm - Netherlands
- Procopius - Czech Republic
- Publius - Malta
- Remigius - France
- Rose of Lima - India; Peru; Philippines
- Gerard Sagredo - Hungary
- Sava - Serbia
- Severinus of Noricum - Austria
- Sigfrid - Sweden
- Sigismund - Czech Republic
- Francis Solano - Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Paraguay; Peru
- Stanislaus of Cracow - Poland
- Stephen of Hungary - Hungary
- Swithbert - Germany
- Teresa of Avila - Spain
- Thérèse de Lisieux - France; Russia
- Thomas the Apostle - India; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
- Thorlac Thorhallsson - Iceland
- Turibius of Mogroveio - Peru
- Laura Vicuna - Argentina
- Vincent de Paul - Madagascar
- Vincent of Saragossa - Portugal
- Vladimir I of Kiev - Russia; Ukraine
- Wenceslas - Czech Republic
- Willibrord - Luxembourg; Netherlands
- Francis Xavier - Australia; China; India; Japan; New Zealand
- (While the United States does not have a patron saint, The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception.)
Regional
- Adalbert of Prague - Prussia
- Agathoclia - Aragon, Spain
- Anne - Brittany; Quebec; Mi'kmaq Nation; Santa Ana Indian Pueblo
- Ansgar (or Anskar) - Scandinavia
- Anthony of Padua - Brazil; Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Asicus - archdiocese of Elphia
- Augustine of Hippo - diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Andrew Avellino - Sicily
- Augustine of Canterbury - Kent
- Benedict the Black - African-Americans
- Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - Europe
- Bernard of Valdeiglesias - Candelada
- Birinus - Berkshire
- Blaise - Dalmatia
- Braulio - Aragon, Spain
- Brigit of Sweden - Europe
- Carl Lwanga - Catholic African Youth Association
- Catherine of Siena - Europe
- Chad - Mercia
- Peter Chanel - Oceania
- Clare of Assisi - Santa Clara Indian Pueblo
- Peter Claver - African-Americans
- Cuthbert - Northumbria
- Cyril - Bohemia; Moravia; Europe
- Devota - Corsica
- Dorothy of Montau - Prussia
- Dubricius - Ergyng; Herefordshire
- Edmund the Martyr - East Anglia; Suffolk
- Eurosius - the diocese of Jaca
- Frideswide - Oxfordshire
- George - Aragon; Cappadocia; Catalonia; Palestine
- Gertrude the Great - West Indies
- Gregory the Great - West Indies
- Guthlac - The English Fens
- Hedwig (Jadwiga) - Bavaria
- Homobonus - Cremona
- Ignatius of Antioch - the Church of North Africa
- Innocent of Alaska - The Americas
- Isaac Jogues and companions - The Americas
- Helier - Jersey
- Herman of Alaska - The Americas
- Ivo of Kermartin - Brittany
- John the Apostle - Asia Minor
- John of Avila - Andalusia, Spain
- John the Baptist - Quebec; Newfoundland
- John of Nepomuk - Bohemia
- Joseph the Betrothed - The Americas; Bohemia; Universal Church
- Jarlath - the archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland
- Julia of Corsica - Corsica
- Kevin - the archdiocese of Kevin
- Killian - Bavaria
- Jutta of Kulmsee - Prussia
- Lawrence O'Toole - archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
- Louis - the archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri
- Martin de Porras - African-Americans
- Mary Anne de Peredes - The Americass
- Methodius - Bohemia; Europe; Moravia
- Michael (archangel) - Cornwall; Archdiocese of Seattle
- Moses the Black - Africa
- Nechtan - Devon
- Nicholas of Myra - Lorraine; Sicily
- Nikon - Laconia
- Norbert - Bohemia
- Odile - Alsace
- Osmund - Wiltshire
- Oswald - Northumbria
- Petroc - Cornwall
- Piran - Cornwall
- Richard of Chichester - Sussex
- Rosalia - Sicily
- Rose of Lima - The Americas; Central America; Latin America; South America; West Indies; Villareal, Samar; Philippines
- Sebald - Bavaria
- Stanislaus of Cracow - archdiocese of Cracow, Poland
- Stephen - Republika Srpska
- Swithun - Wessex
- Thomas the Apostle - East Indies;
- Tikhon of Moscow- The Americas
- Titus - Crete
- Francis Xavier - Borneo; East Indies
- Wenceslas - Bohemia; Moravia
- Wilfred - Sussex; West Riding of Yorkshire
- Willihad - Saxony
- Yves - Bretagne
Towns and cities
- Aeden of Ferns - Ferns, Ireland
- Afra - Augsburg
- Agatha - Catania; Palermo, Italy; Zamarramala, Spain
- Agnellus - Naples, Italy
- Agricola of Avignon - Avignon
- Alban - St. Albans, England
- Aldhelm - Malmesbury, England
- Alkmund - Derby, England
- Alexander of Bergamo - Bergamo, Italy
- Amalberga - Temse, Belgium
- Ambrose of Milan - Milan, Italy
- Andrew the Apostle - Amalfi; Patras
- Anne - Taos, New Mexico
- Ansanus the Baptizer - Siena, Italy
- Anthony of Padua - Lisbon, Portugal
- Antoninus of Sorrento - Sorrento, Italy
- Antony of Vilnius - Vilnius, Lithuania
- Arnulph - Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France
- Arthelais - Benevento, Italy
- Arsenius of Corfu - Kerkira Island, Greece
- Augustine of Canterbury - Canterbury, England
- Augustine of Hippo - Kalamazoo, Michigan; Saint Augustine, Florida; Superior, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona. Cities of Cagayan de Oro and Saint Augustine, Florida.
- Gerald Aurillac - Upper Avergne
- Andrew Avellino - Naples, Italy
- Barnabas - Antioch
- Barbatus of Benevento - Benevento, Italy
- Bavo - Ghent, Belgium; Haarlem, Netherlands
- Pascal Baylon - Obando, Bulacan, Philippines
- Thomas Beckett - Canterbury, England; Portsmouth, England
- Benedict - Europe
- Benedict the Black - Palermo, Italy
- Benezet - Avignon
- Benignus of Dijon - Dijon
- Berach - Kilbarry, Ireland
- Bernadine Realino - Lecce, Italy
- Bernadette of Lourdes - Lourdes, France
- Birinus - Dorchester-on-Thames, England
- Blaise - Dubrovnik
- Boris - Moscow, Russia
- Botulph - Boston, England
- Catald - Taranto
- Thomas Cantilupe - Hereford, England
- Catherine of Alexandria - Zejtun, Zurrieq
- Cecilia - Albi, France
- Chad - Lichfield, England
- Christopher - Rab, Croatia; Havana, Cuba
- John Chrysostom - Istanbul, Turkey
- Clara - Obando, Bulacan, Philippines
- Colman of Cloyne - Cloyne, Ireland
- Constabilis - Castelabbate, Italy
- Constantine of Rome - Istanbul, Turkey
- Crescentinus - Urbino
- Cuthbert - Durham
- Judas Cyriacus - Ancona, Italy
- Cyril of Alexandria - Alexandria, Egypt
- David - St. Davids, Wales
- Denis - Paris, France
- Dimitrie Basarabov - Bucharest, Romania
- Saint Demetrius - Thessaloniki, Greece
- Dionysius the Arepagite - Zakynthos Island, Greece
- Donatus - Ripacandida
- Drogo - Baume-les-Messieurs, Fleury-sur-Loire
- Edmund of Abingdon - Abingdon
- Emeterius and Celedonius -Calahorra, Santander, Spain
- Eric of Sweden - Stockholm
- Erkenwald - City of London, England
- Etheldreda - Ely, England
- Eulalia - Barcelona
- Eustace of Vilnius - Vilnius, Lithuania
- Eustachius - Madrid, Spain
- Expedite - New Orleans, Louisiana
- Fachanan - Ross, Ireland
- Ferdinand III of Castile - Seville, Spain
- Fiacre - France, Saint-Fiacre-en-Brie
- Finbarr - Barra, Scotland; Cork, Ireland
- Florian - Upper Austria, Poland; Linz, Austria
- Francis of Assisi - Assisi, Italy; Colorado; Italy; Santa Fe, New Mexico, the archdiocese of San Francisco, California
- Frideswide - Oxford, England
- Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows - Abruzzi
- Gatianus of Tours - Tours
- Gaudentius of Ossero - Losinj, Croatia
- Genevieve - Paris, France
- George - Beirut; Ferrara; Genoa; Gozo; Istanbul; Modica, Sicily; Moscow; Ptuj, Slovenia; Venice
- Gerard of Lunel - Montesanto, Italy
- Giles - Edinburgh, Scotland
- Gratus of Aosta - Aosta, Italy
- Gudula - Brussels, Belgium
- Gummarus - Lier, Belgium
- Guthlac - Crowland, England
- Hallvard - Oslo, Norway
- Helen - Abingdon, England; Colchester, England
- Helier - Saint Helier, Jersey
- Hugh of Lincoln - Lincoln, England
- Illtud - Llantwit Major, Wales
- Isidore the Farmer - Madrid, Spain
- James the Greater - Acoma Pueblo, United States; Reading, England; Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
- James of the Marches - Naples, Italy
- Januarius - Naples, Italy
- John IV, Bishop of Naples - Naples, Italy
- John the Apostle - Taos, New Mexico
- Joan of Arc - New Orleans
- John the Baptist - Florence, Italy; Genoa, Italy; Turin, Italy; St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
- John of Vilnius - Vilnius, Lithuania
- Justa - Seville, Spain
- Justus - Alcala de Henares, Spain; Madrid, Spain
- Panagia Kastriani - Skiathos Island, Greece; Tzia Island, Greece
- Kenelm - Winchcombe, England
- Kentigern - Glasgow, Scotland
- Kessog - Lennox, Scotland
- Lawrence - Rome, Italy
- Leocadia - Toledo, Spain
- Leonard of Port Maurice - Imperia, Italy
- Lucy of Syracuse - Syracuse
- Macarius of Antioch - Ghent, Belgium
- Machar - Aberdeen
- Maquimus of Aquila - Aquila, Italy
- Mark the Evangelist - Venice, Egypt
- Maro - Volperino, Italy
- Martin of Tours - Tours; Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Martina of Rome - Rome, Italy
- Maximinus of Trier - Trier, Germany
- Maximus of Turin - Turin, Italy
- Mellitus - City of London, England
- Michael (archangel) - Caltanissett, Sicily; Brussels, Belgium; Kiev, Ukraine
- Mochelloc - Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland
- Modestus - Cartagena, Spain
- Munchin - diocese of Limerick; Limerick (city)
- Mura - Fahan, Ireland
- Philip Neri - Rome, Italy
- Nicholas - Bari, Italy; Macchia Valfortore, Italy
- Nicholas of Myra - Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Portsmouth, England
- El Niño - Cebu, Philippines
- Octavius - Turin, Italy
- Osmund - Salisbury, England
- Oswald of Worcester - Worcester, England
- Pastor - Alcala de Henares, Spain; Madrid, Spain
- Patricia of Naples - Naples, Italy
- Paul the Apostle - City of London, England; Poznań, Poland; Rome, Italy; São Paulo, Brazil
- Paul the Apostle's Conversion - Caraballo, Cuba
- Pelagius of Constance - Konstanz
- Piran - Padstow, England; Perranporth, England
- Peter the Apostle - Poznań, Poland; Rome, Italy; York, England
- Peter of Alcantara - Estremadura, Spain
- Petroc - Bodmin, England
- Saint Petronius - Bologna, Italy
- Pharaildis - Ghent, Belgium
- Philip of Jesus - Mexico City, Mexico
- Philip the Apostle - Luxembourg; Uruguay
- Prosper of Reggio - Reggio Emilia
- Quirinus - Sisak, Croatia
- Raynald of Nocera - Nocera, Italy
- Rafael Guizar y Valencia - Veracruz, Mexico
- Richard of Chichester - Chichester, England; Droitwich, England
- Riginos - Skopelos Island, Greece
- Roch - Istanbul, Turkey
- Rosalia - Palermo, Italy
- Rumwold - Buckingham, England
- Rupert of Salzburg - Salzburg, Austria
- Sabinus - Bari, Italy
- Mary Salome - Veroli, Italy
- Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena - Siena, Italy
- Saturnin - Toulouse
- Alexader Sauli - Corsica
- Sebaldus - Nuremberg, Germany
- Sebastian - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sidwell - Exeter, England
- Sigfrid - Växjö, Sweden
- Silverio - Ponza, Italy
- Siro - Pavia, Italy
- Solutor - Turin, Italy
- Spyridon - Kerkira Island, Greece
- Stephen - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Swithun - Winchester, England
- Symphorian - Autun
- Syrus of Genoa - Genoa, Italy
- Syrus of Pavia - Pavia, Italy
- Teilo - Cardiff, Wales; Llandeilo Fawr, Wales
- Theneva - Glasgow, Scotland
- Theodore of Pavia - Pavia, Italy
- Ulric - Augsburg
- Urban of Langres - Dijon
- Virgilius - Salzburg, Austria
- Vitus - Czech Republic; Rijeka,Croatia; Winschoten, Netherlands
- Walburga - Antwerp, Belgium; Groningen, Netherlands; Oudenarde, Belgium; Zutphen, Netherlands
- Waltrude - Hainault, Belgium; Mons, Belgium
- Werburga - Chester, England
- Wilfrid - Ripon, England
- William of York - York, England
- Winefride - Holywell, Wales; Shrewsbury, England
- Wulfram of Sens - Abbeville, France
- Wulfstan - Worcester, England
- Zeno of Verona - Verona, Italy
- Zenobius - Florence, Italy